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Cleburne council directs staff to draft ordinance on nonprofit affordable-housing fee exemptions

3289701 · May 13, 2025
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Summary

Council members asked staff to prepare draft ordinance language creating exemptions or waivers for nonprofit and public affordable-housing projects from certain development/impact fees, with staff to return with proposed ordinance for council consideration.

Cleburne City staff presented research on fee exemptions for nonprofit and public affordable-housing projects and the council directed staff to draft ordinance language for future consideration.

Staff framed the discussion around a federal definition of affordable housing and comparisons with peer cities. The presentation noted that some jurisdictions exempt certain public entities (for example, school districts) and that other cities adopt narrowly targeted exemptions or reimbursement programs to…

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